It is an interesting place to stop and think about where you are going, what you are doing. I can imagine the focus it brings without the distractions of the world, you drop the "white noise" of life and meditate. I get so focused and tunnel visioned on succeeding in things, I lose track of why. I think we all just want to be happy, but we somehow lose focus on what really does make us happy. The world is so fucked up and people are so fucked up, I think we're kind of lost in a way. I can buy a new car or trinket and be mildly happy for a week, I can get blasted drunk and be happy for a night, but none of that really lasts. Maybe it's about focusing our goals properly. Perhaps life is just about learning, what is important, what is real, about all the things we can do to fuck it up for ourselves and everyone else by our attitude and action. If we were all given a second chance at life, with none of our previous attachments and all of our knowledge, we would all make better choices (hypothetically) and therefore everyone would be more fulfilled.